Plank is a muscle training method similar to push-ups, but it doesn't need up and down support. Exercise is mainly in prone position, and the body is balanced in a straight line, which can effectively exercise transverse abdominal muscles and is recognized as an effective method to train core muscles.
World record:
20 15 In May, tom hall, a Danish fitness instructor aged 5/kloc-0, broke the world record of "flat support" and kept the same posture for 4 hours and 28 minutes. The previous world record was set by Mao Weidong, a Beijing special police officer, on September 26th, 20th14th.
On May 4th, 20 16, Beijing time, the second Guinness World Cup Challenge was officially launched in Shangri-La Hotel, Beijing. Mao Weidong, the former world record holder of the Special Police Corps of Beijing Public Security Bureau, defeated 10 players including George Hood, a veteran of the US Marine Corps, in eight hours on the flat support field.
On February 5th, 2020, George Hood, a 62-year-old American veteran, successfully broke the world record of men's flat support in 8 hours 15 minutes 15 seconds in Naperville, Illinois, USA.